Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of NATO

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 01:35, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Flag of NATO

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... ~~that the compass rose on the flag of NATO (pictured) symbolizes the direction towards the path of peace?~~

ALT1:... that the flag of NATO (pictured) was first hoisted on November 9, 1953, at the opening ceremony of the Atlantic Exhibition in Paris?
ALT2:... that although the flag of NATO (pictured) was designed to be "simple and inoffensive", US congressman John Travers Wood criticized it for being a "strange and alien rag"?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Talal al-Sharif
Comment: Please save for April 4, the day that NATO was established.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self nominated at 00:17, 6 March 2014 (UTC).

Well, it's long enough and new enough, so that's a good start. I'm still looking at it, but I can tell you already that the first hook is simply not neutral and can't run. ALT1 and ALT2 would be fine, with 1 being not so terribly exciting and 2 being better but a bit wordy. Drmies (talk) 01:11, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
I checked all the references and found no plagiarism or close paraphrasing. The article is short but clean and to the point. I think that ALT 1 is best, even though it's a tad boring, since the comment by this Idaho Congressperson is just that, a jingoistic comment by a former Idaho Congressperson, and we shouldn't give front-page credibility to these remarks. Send it on, keeping in mind the creator's request for the April 4 date. Drmies (talk) 01:20, 7 March 2014 (UTC)